73Portrait of a manLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 63 State: 1/2 |
| Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1949 |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Bought with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
| Paper size: | 270 x 187 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 226 x 152 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | a broad spread of ink particularly at the right; printed with retroussage; inky fingerprints at lower edge of image |
| Note on foul biting: | tool mark at lower right; a number of prominent scratches at bottom are not visible in Kennedy's illustration |
| Print note: | a very fine impression with strong burr |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1860.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'HM' (Howard Mansfield, Lugt 1342); 'HW' (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl 1384a) stamps on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '72 Mr Mann.' at lower centre on the recto; '25' (?) at lower right on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0630103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.